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soundings show a ' deep ' which I believe Professor David rather 

 suspected. They were really taken for his benefit. 



By 3 A.M. on January 25 we had worked the ship through 

 the ice near Campbell's winter quarters and secured to the sea 

 ice which extended a quarter of a mile out from the piedmont. 

 This was particularly solid and slippery, being quite free from 

 snow. Although so close to the shore we found the depth 198 

 fathoms. 



We sent a party away under Priestley to pick up the depot 

 of geological specimens; the remainder of the Expedition visited 

 the igloo where Campbell and his party spent the previous winter. 



The visit to the igloo revealed in itself a story of hardship 

 that brought home to us what Campbell never would have told. 

 There was only one place in this smoke-begrimed cavern where 

 a short man could stand upright. In odd corners were discarded 

 clothes saturated with blubber and absolutely black. The weight 

 of these garments was extraordinary, and we experienced strange 

 sensations as we examined the cheerless hole that had been the 

 only home of six of our hardiest men. No cell prisoners ever 

 lived through such discomfort. Most of the Terra Nova's 

 crew secured mementoes of their visit to this unparalleled 

 habitation. 



We left a depot of provisions at the head of the Bay, its 

 position being marked by a bamboo and flag. This depot con- 

 tains enough food stuffs to enable a party of five or six men to 

 make their way to Butter Point, where another large depot exists. 



Very early on January 26 we left these inhospitable shores, 

 and steaming E.N.E. to get cle.ar of the ice belts which stream 

 up the coast, we virtually gained the open Ross Sea by the even- 

 ing, on the return voyage to New Zealand. 



An attempt was made to close the Balleny Islands, which do 

 not all appear to be correctly charted, but thick weather and 

 adverse ice conditions prevented our accomplishing this. 



The Terra Nova stood well to the westward, as shown in the 

 accompanying track chart, until she was in a good position for 

 making New Zealand. 



It is interesting to note that in latitude 64 15'$., longitude 

 J 59 I 5 / E. the Terra Nova passed close to an iceberg twenty- 

 one geographical miles in length. 



On February 2, in latitude 62 io'S., longitude 158 I5'E., 



